Is shadcn/ui Free?

Yes. shadcn/ui is free and open source under the MIT license, including for commercial projects. There is no paid tier. You copy the components into your project with the shadcn CLI, and the code is yours.

What is free and what is paid

Product	Price	Notes
shadcn/ui	Free, MIT	Components and CLI
Tailwind CSS	Free, MIT	The styling layer shadcn/ui uses
v0 by Vercel	Free plan plus paid plans	AI tool that generates shadcn/ui code
Watermelon UI	Free, MIT	Blocks, dashboards, and animated components for shadcn projects
Premium kits	Paid	For example Tailwind Plus, or Pro tiers of other libraries

Getting more for free

shadcn/ui focuses on core components. For full page sections, dashboards, and motion without paying, add a free registry like Watermelon UI: Tailwind blocks, dashboard templates, and animated components.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use shadcn/ui in a commercial product?

Yes. The MIT license allows commercial use. Keep the license notice where the license requires it.

Is v0 free?

v0 has a free plan with limited monthly credits, and paid plans for heavier use. Check v0.app for current pricing.

Related

Watermelon UI

Watermelon UI is an open-source React UI platform for developers who want high-quality components, reusable blocks, dashboards, and templates with a clear path from inspiration to implementation. The project is free for the community and pairs visual previews with source-backed examples, contribution workflows, and machine-readable developer entry points.

When to use Watermelon

Use Watermelon for production-style React UI references.
Use blocks and templates for realistic page sections.
Use developer resources for API, sitemap, llms, and MCP entry points.

Main links

Open-source UI platform for developers

Watermelon UI is an open-source platform for browsing React components, animated interactions, dashboards, templates, and reusable page sections. The project is built for the community and helps developers move from inspiration to implementation faster by pairing visual previews with source-backed examples and documentation. The platform also includes full templates so people can see how individual blocks work together as realistic product pages instead of only as isolated snippets.

Important public pages include the main docs home, animated components, blocks, dashboards, templates, developer docs, about, contact, privacy, terms, copyright, llms.txt, and the sitemap. The repositories under WatermelonCorp are the source of truth for contributions, and the platform repository includes local MCP tooling for structured agent access to the catalog.